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The University of Canterbury Students Association has been asked to repay employees after it breached their holiday pay entitlements.
The students association (UCSA) was issued with an improvement notice after receiving a complaint from a former employee who claimed he had not received the correct entitlements for annual leave and sick leave.
A Labour Inspectorate investigation found at least 14 UCSA employees were not receiving their holiday and sick leave entitlements because they were described by the association as "casual" but were found to be part-timers.
The inspectorate is part of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), which on Wednesday reminded employers that part-time employees who work regular rostered hours are entitled to pro-rated holidays and leave.
The inspectorate regularly saw cases where people working part-time were not getting their legal entitlements because the employer assumed they could just pay 8 per cent on top of their usual pay to cover off their holiday entitlements, Labour Inspectorate southern regional manager Stuart Lumsden said.
"Employers need to remember that it is only acceptable and lawful to add eight per cent of the employee's gross earnings as annual holiday pay to their regular pay packets for employees who are on a fixed term contract or who work irregularly or intermittently – for instance on-call workers," Lumsden said.


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Radon Gas: What is It? Is It Dangerous? And How to Test For It
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Out of sight, out of mind, right? Much like a forgotten family photo album, radon gas hangs out in basements and crawl spaces and can seep into your living space. You can't see it, you can't smell it, and you can't taste it. Is it really that big of a deal? Yes, but don't worry, testing and radon reduction strategies can help protect your family from exposure.
What is Radon?
Radon is a radioactive gas that you probably encounter every day—albeit in harmless amounts. This type of gas naturally occurs when uranium breaks down in soil, rocks, and groundwater. Radon only becomes a problem when it gets trapped indoors and can't dissipate in the atmosphere.
Many homes are built on soil that contains natural uranium deposits. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) created a handy map of the country's radon zones for reference. Radon is a sneaky gas because it can enter a building through any sort of crack, gap, drain, cavity, or construction joint. Basements and crawl spaces tend to collect the highest levels because they're closest to the ground, but it can be found everywhere, including in your drinking water.
The Health Risks of Radon Exposure
Radon exposure doesn't make you sick overnight. You can breathe in radioactive radon particles for years before there's ever a problem, but it's still the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. The EPA estimates that radon gas is responsible for 21,000 lung cancer deaths every year. People who smoke are 25 times more at risk from radon exposure, but you're also at risk if you:
live in an area with high levels of radon.
spend a lot of time indoors.
spend a lot of time in rooms that are in contact with the ground.
have a job where you're exposed to radon (like coal miners).
How to Test Your Home for Radon
Since you can't see or smell radon gas, testing is the best way to find out whether your home contains dangerous radon levels. You can either hire a professional radon tester or use a DIY radon gas test kit, which is sold at most hardware stores for under $30. You'll typically have to leave the kit out for three to seven days, and then mail it to a lab to get your results.
A DIY testing kit is a great first step, but it's not as accurate as professional testing. Professionals have specialized equipment, training, and radon testing certification. They know where to test and how to test, but it will cost you. The average professional radon test costs $424 according to HomeAdvisor, but it's a small price to pay for peace of mind.
For Your Health, Get Radon Reduction Done Right
A leading cause of lung cancer, radon can be mitigated. Learn what to look for when seeking quotes to deal with high radon levels in your home.
What Should I Do If I Find Radon in My Home?
If you found radon in your home, don't panic. Even high levels of radon can be successfully reduced. The EPA recommends bringing in a radon mitigation professional if levels are at or above four picocuries per liter—though lower levels still pose a health risk. Common radon mitigation strategies that professional will use to combat radon include:
Installing a Radon Reduction System
A well-placed radon reduction system can reduce radon levels in your home by as much as 99%. These systems typically use a fan or a pump to create ventilation and move radon particles away from your home. Even those that passively create ventilation can still cut your existing radon level in half. Most radon reduction systems cost between $450 and $1,500 to install.
Sealing Your Home
Sealing unfinished basements, crawl spaces, floors, and walls will help prevent radon from entering your home. It costs an average of $4,600 to seal an entire basement, but even just filling in the cracks with a radon sealant can help.
A home's crawl space is like an open front door for radon particles. It doesn't take much for radon to rise from the open soil into your home. Encapsulating your crawl space using a radon membrane can help. According to HomeAdvisor, this process can cost between $1,500 to $15,000, depending on the size of the crawl space.
Radon Resistant Construction
If you're building a new house, ask your contractor about radon-resistant construction. It's cheaper to build these features in than adding them after the fact, largely due to the additional labor. These features include:
Adding a 4-inch layer of gravel beneath your foundation
Putting plastic sheeting or a vapor retarder above the gravel
Installing a vent in the gravel that rises to the top of your home
Encapsulating the crawl space
What If There's Radon in My Water?
Sometimes radon is found in water, though the main health risk is inhalation. You can test your water using an EPA-approved test kit. If you find radon, you can reduce the levels by:
Installing an aeration system: Aeration systems are 95% to 99% effective and cost between $4,000 to $5,000. They work by moving water into a tank and injecting it with air to separate out the radon. Then, the radon is vented out of the tank and way from your home
Installing a charcoal scrubbing system: Charcoal scrubbing systems (also known as granulated activated carbon filtration systems) are 75% effective and cost between $500 and $1,500. They work similar to a charcoal filter. Carbon absorbs the radon, removing it from the water.
How to Find a Qualified Radon Mitigation Professional
The first step to ridding your home of radon is finding a qualified radon mitigation professional. Although there isn't a federal licensing board for radon mitigation, some states require contractors to be licensed or registered. Additionally, your contractor may have a certificate from:
The National Radon Proficiency Program (NRPP)
American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST)
The National Radon Safety Board (NRSB)
The truth is that radon mitigation strategies do work, and most of the time, they don't cost much more than the average home repair. Whatever strategy you choose, always test your home after the work is done to ensure success.
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Il doppio maschile  dell'Ordina Open 2003 è stato un torneo di tennis facente parte dell'ATP Tour.

Martin Damm e Cyril Suk erano i detentori del titolo e ha battuto in finale 7–5, 7–6 (7–4) Donald Johnson e Leander Paes.

Teste di serie
 Donald Johnson /  Leander Paes (finale)
 Martin Damm /  Cyril Suk (campioni)
 František Čermák /  Leoš Friedl (quarti di finale)
 Tomáš Cibulec /  Pavel Vízner (semifinali)

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HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED - Fatality at Harmony's Kusasalethu mine
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Fatality at Harmony's Kusasalethu mine
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Registration number 1950/038232/06
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
ISIN: ZAE000015228
JSE share code: HAR
("Harmony" or "the company")
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited ("Harmony" or "the Company")
regrets to advise that a materials handling accident occurred at
its Kusasalethu mine near Carletonville this morning. One employee
was fatally injured; the other employee sustained serious injuries
and has been admitted to hospital.
Investigations into the accident are underway.
Harmony's Chief Executive, Graham Briggs, and his management team
wish to express their deepest condolences to the members of the
deceased's family.
About Harmony
Harmony was incorporated 62 years ago and is one of the largest gold
mining companies in the world and the third largest gold producer in
South Africa with a reported production of 1.17* million ounces of gold
for the financial year 2012 and Mineral Reserves of 52.9 million ounces.
Harmony is a multi-listed company and its primary listing is on the JSE
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of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) on the New York Stock Exchange
(ticker: HMY) and as International Depositary Receipts (IDRs) on the
Berlin (ticker: HAM1) and Brussels exchanges (HMY).
Harmony operates mines in South African and Papua New Guinea. In South
Africa, the company has ten underground mines and one open-pit mine and
several surface operations in South Africa. In PNG, Harmony has a 50%
interest in the Morobe Mining Joint Ventures, which includes Hidden
Valley, an open-pit gold and silver mine, the exciting Wafi -Golpu
project, and extensive exploration tenements. Outside the joint venture,
Harmony's own exploration portfolio focuses principally on highly
prospective areas in PNG. The Company's head office is situated in
Randfontein, South Africa.
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My fabric stash is being overrun with scraps from my previous quilts, so I thought I'd start a little quilt from the scraps. It was fun to try something new and not worry about measuring (which already isn't my strong suit). These are all scraps from the quilts I made for some of my favorite babies/toddlers, so it is really special to look at this and think of each and every baby. It's a little smaller than my usual quilts, so it's perfect to throw over Ida in the pumpkin seat to carry around on errands.
It took a couple of blocks of time to make the front, then the rest of the quilt took me an hour or two to complete. I'm not normally into scrappy pieces, but I'm loving how there are so many different spots throughout the quilt that I love. The longer I look at it, the more favorite little spots I find.


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MK's Cinderellabration CD
TDLFAN
Just picked up my copy of the new "Cinderellabration" show CD at DTD this afternoon. It's priced at $16.98 plus tax.
Much to my satisfaction, the cd does include the entire 18 minutes WDW Magic Kingdom version of the show as presented daily at the Castle Forecourt Stage, complete with show dialogue, newly re-recorded vocals and new show music mix. (TDL's more visually extravagant and Cast impressive version of Cinderellabration show clocks in at 24:30 in lenght and features different vocals and a more elaborate soundtrack along with a totally different show mix of the action, so it would be safe to own both TDL and WDW cds)
The WDW cd does feature the 2 tracks:
1) Cinderella's Royal Coronation (18:00) which is the show as presented at the Castle Stage
and..
2) Cinderella's Royal Festival (13:58) This track as far as I know, is not used at WDW. This is in fact the 14 minute long musical loop that accompanies TDL's extraordinary 'Lights of Romance' electrical display at TDL's hub. Why is it here on this WDW cd?? I just don't know, but makes me even sadder that this particularly spectacular aspect of TDL's Cinderellabration was not brought to the MK, as it would have been quite a crowd pleasing display. Yet at least, those who will want to own this cd, will get a bit of TDL's unique musical take on this event without dishing up the money for the imported TDL Cinderellabration CD.
Anyway... for those of you who, like me, can't live without those fabulous Disney Park sountracks..I highly recommend you add this CD to your personal collection of Disney Park music.
BTW...the "Happiest Celebration" WDW 2-cd set went on sale yesterday but it was totally sold out in the entire DTD district today but didn't check inside the parks for it. They expect another shipment at WOD by this tuesday, and this cd set sells for $24.98, according to the WOD CM at the Info Desk.


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City of Asheville shares resources for people experiencing homelessness during Code Purple
Posted on November 30, 2020 December 2, 2020 by Polly McDaniel
code purple
With temperatures going down into the 20s this week, the Asheville-Buncombe Homeless Coalition has called a Code Purple for people who need shelter.
Starting Dec. 1, shelter will be available at First Congregational UCC, 20 Oak St., for about 30 men and up to 20 women and children. This is in partnership with Western Carolina Rescue Mission with the following guidelines in effect:
Entry between 4 and 7 p.m.; no entries are allowed after 7 p.m.
Masks are required.
No ID is required.
Weapons are not permitted but can be checked in with staff at entry to be returned to the client at exit.
People will only be asked to leave for non-compliance with masks, violence, and drinking or using on site.
If people leave voluntarily or are asked to leave, they cannot re-enter later the same night, but are welcome back to the next Code Purple.
More shelter options
Salvation Army (eligibility limited to chronically homeless with underlying CDC-identified health concerns, call 828-253-4723) and the Western Carolina Rescue Mission (Call early for intake, 828-252-0471, must have ID and negative COVID test in the last 24 hours).
VRQ and Steadfast House veterans contact: 828-398-6609.
Waiting list for civilian women and children: 828-398-6920.
Through Dec. 4, a Daytime Warming Center is available at the Jubilee entrance on Patton Avenue, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Masks are required and capacity is limited to no more than 41 people at a time.
Beginning Dec. 7, a Daytime Warming Center will be available at Central United Methodist Church, Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Masks are required and capacity will be limited to approximately 50 people at a time.
AHOPE Day Center, 19 N. Ann St., will continue to operate out of the basement level for showers, storage, and mail.
Thank you to Western Carolina Rescue Ministries and First Congregational UCC for facilitating this additional shelter. COVID-19 has brought many challenges but has also created opportunities for creativity and unique partnerships.
The Rescue Mission is continuing to build a staff pool to support Code Purple. If you or someone you know is interested, contact Michael Woods at micheal@westerncarolinarescue.org.
City of Asheville Homeless Initiative
Through its Homeless Initiative, the City of Asheville is in active partnership with the Asheville-Buncombe Homeless Coalition, providing resources and helping to forge community connections to assist people experiencing homelessness or who are at imminent risk of losing their home.
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Berente ist eine ungarische Gemeinde im Kreis Kazincbarcika im Komitat Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén.

Geografische Lage
Berente liegt in Nordungarn, 17 Kilometer nordwestlich des Komitatssitzes Miskolc, vier Kilometer südöstlich der Kreisstadt Kazincbarcika, am linken Ufer des Flusses Sajó. Dreieinhalb Kilometer südöstlich befindet sich die Stadt Sajószentpéter.

Sehenswürdigkeiten
 Prométheusz-Statue, erschaffen 1957 von Barna Megyeri
  Reformierte Kirche, erbaut 1710–1720 im spätbarocken Stil, 1787 umgebaut
 Römisch-katholische Kirche Szent Kereszt felmagasztalása, erbaut 1911
 Schloss Szepessy (Szepessy-kastély), erbaut im 17. Jahrhundert
 Szent-Borbála-Bronzestatue, erschaffen von Ferenc Borsodi und István Kovács
 Ungarische Motive (Magyaros motívumok), Wandgemälde erschaffen 1961 von Sándor Ázbej

Verkehr
Durch Berente verläuft die Hauptstraße Nr. 26. Die Gemeinde liegt an der Eisenbahnstrecke von Miskolc nach Ózd. Es bestehen Busverbindungen nach Kazincbarcika sowie über Sajószentpéter nach Miskolc.

Literatur
 Berente – Településképi arculati kézikönyv. Hrsg. von der Gemeindeverwaltung, Berente 2018.

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website (ungarisch)

Berente


Getting Started: What is Your Resume Saying About You?
Today's resumes need to be less about lists of job responsibilities and more about telling your story so that it demonstrates how your skills add value to the organization. Additionally, you have to use a tone that resonates with the reader and makes you memorable.
You only have about six seconds to grab their attention. That is right – six seconds.
This was confirmed in a 2012 study using hiring professionals. Investigators used eye-tracking technology to record where they focused and how long they reviewed each resume. The results showed an average of six seconds for each resume.
Beyond these points, recruiters scanned for keywords that matched the job responsibilities of the open position.
1. Use a recognized resume format.
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A common mistake people make in an effort to make their resumes a bit flashier is to get creative with the formatting. And while this is sometimes okay in artistic or graphic design professions, in general you really don't want to mix up the standard resume formatting too much. You want to make it as easy as possible for the recruiters to find what they're looking for.
Resumes are like the trailer for a movie. They should leave the reader wanting to meet you. As such, it's important to decide format best tells your story. Depending on the type of job you are applying to, different resume formats may apply. The four standard types of resumes include 1) chronological, 2) functional, 3) combination, or 4) targeted.
Whichever format you use, make sure your skills are seen, not tucked them away somewhere unexpected. Keep your name and contact information at the top, make your section headings stand out through bolding, underlining, or all-caps text, and have your achievements written out as bulleted statements.
2. Include the link to your on-line professional profile.
All recent graduates should have at least one on-line profile established for their professional brand. Those who plan to work in a more creative field should develop an online portfolio and list the link to that site on your resume as part of their contact information. There are several free online platforms that you can use to manage your professional profile. One of the most used platforms is LinkedIn. In addition to establishing a professional profile, LinkedIn is also used by recruiters for job openings and can serve as an electronic rolodex.
If you're concerned about employers finding your personal profiles, increase the security settings or consider changing the account name on your personal accounts to your first and middle name, so they won't be associated with your professional brand.
3. If you are still in school or a recent college graduate you should include your GPA.
The general rule of thumb is that if your GPA is above a 3.0, then you should include it in your internship or recent-graduate resume. If the GPA in your major is higher than your overall GPA, use that instead. Anything below a 3.0 should not be included on your resume. However, be aware that recruiters know why you didn't include the GPA and you may be asked about it.
4. Make sure your resume includes examples of accomplishments using baseline skills.
Baseline skills are often referred to as foundational or soft skills. In fact, a recent study by Burning Glass revealed that on average, one in three skills requested in job postings is a "baseline skill." Even the most technical of occupations such as IT and Engineering show that more than a quarter of the skill descriptions are baseline skills. In fact, baseline skills make up to between 25-50 percent of the job responsibilities depending on the occupation.
It is important that you look at all of your experience; this includes education, volunteer opportunities, internships and any work experience to develop examples of success using baseline skills.
When appropriate, include a list of relevant courses you've taken and a description of projects or activities where you used specific baseline skills. But, only include those courses that directly relate to the job or internship you are applying for. Remember that different occupations demand different baseline skills.
IT jobs emphasize writing, organizational and planning; but place less emphasis on being a self-starter, critical thinking, a positive disposition or having strong typing skills. By contrast, sales occupations are more likely to need employees that have strong time management skills, are effective at building relationships and have strong typing skills.
For more information about the top baseline skills by career area check out "The Human Factor, The Hard Time Employers Have Finding Soft Skills," by Burning Glass Technologies. This report highlights those skills which are more commonly requested, and considered more valuable in each occupational area.
5. Professional summaries should highlight accomplishment and provide examples of how you add value.
While it can be tempting to throw a few buzzwords such as "proactive" and "motivated" into a professional summary, recruiters recognize these words and they are not impactful. Don't tell employers that you're a great team player; explain how your team was able to improve a process, increase alumni donations, or received acknowledgment from the school for their exemplary volunteer work.
If you believe that you are a strong writer, provide examples of the types of writing, if it was published or how it is being used.
Don't include a list of tasks you were responsible for. Instead, focus on what you have accomplished and how you contributed to an end result, increasing revenue, or cut costs. Use action verbs, like 'created,' 'led,' 'managed,' 'improved,' 'developed,' and 'built' to describe your activities.
Accomplishments are examples of how you contributed to your employer, or it's an achievement that reflects the kind of worker you are. The most convincing accomplishments are measurable.
6. Don't include a list of references.
Cut "References available upon request" from your resume. References are usually requested after you have been called in for a face-to-face interview. At that time it is appropriate to provide three to four references that can speak to your skillset and how it complements the position you are applying for.
Make sure that you have contacted your references prior to providing their contact information. You will receive a stronger reference if you provide them with copies of your resume, cover letter and a copy of the job description. Additionally, it is also helpful if you remind them of an achievement, accomplishment or success story that you thought they might be able to address if they receive a call.
A little effort on your part can go a long way in making your resume stand out from the rest. Make those six seconds work for you. Give the reader a clear roadmap that easily highlights accomplishments, skillsets, including baseline skills and tells a story of how you add value to the prospective employer.
Lastly, make sure you proof read and correct all errors. You don't want something simple to take away from the story you want the reader to focus on.


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Consumer culture is changing, and brands are beginning to feel intense pressure to put quantity over quality when it comes to what they sell in their stores.
Products are easier to conceive, produce and sell than ever before. Clothing company Zara created an unprecedented 40,000 designs last year. Traditionally, designers spent a lot of time developing high-quality products that were made to last. Wearing them cost money. You recognized anybody wearing them, and that meant something in society. Clothing companies have completely changed that by producing a huge quantity of fast, cheap varieties that aren't made to outlast the season.
But the problem with this approach is that disposable products, in most cases, don't create an emotional connection with the people who buy them, leaving customers stuck in a cycle of consumption. Add the frightening environmental cost, and you end up with an existential problem for retailers and the world.
It's also not just fashion undergoing a fast reinvention. Everyone wants to be fast. Brands across all categories are following the leader and producing or curating thousands of lower-quality items that will quickly break or go out of fashion. The end result is that the customer has no other choice but to keep buying and replacing to sustain their lifestyle and express themselves.
So, what's the answer for brands who are scared they'll become irrelevant in such fast times, and what's the answer for brands who don't want to damage the environment through excessive consumption as they go?
For thousands of years, manufacturers produced objects by hand at a steep cost. Products were expected to last a long time. However, since the Industrial Revolution, the world has been powering toward increased production and decreased prices.
In the past 20–30 years, this trend has progressed so dramatically that products now cost so little they are almost free. It is a basic law of economics: When the merchandise is abundant, prices need to go down to meet demand; if items are scarce and more people are demanding them, prices go up. Factories are designed to produce more and more stuff, and the more products they make, the more prices drop.
Brands have access to a global network of highly productive factories, and the world is producing at a pace never imagined before. Prices now need to go down to meet demand, but how far down can you go?
If we keep up this trend, the system will eventually reach a point where the value of items will be equal to the cost of production. I believe we are getting there quickly, especially considering the younger generations are buying less than the previous ones, preferring experiences over possessions. Brands absolutely need to invert this trend before it is too late, and the only way to respond to this is by producing items that are unique, environmentally friendly and long-lasting.
You need to double down on making quality products that are made well and made to last.
Zig while everyone else zags, and make something that's self-evidently the best in its class. Provide high-quality goods that do not deteriorate within months, or can at least be recycled, reused or made into other things. Make products that create a strong bond with the people who own them; this will result in a deeper connection, not just with the products, but with your brand as well. Once you're making quality products, you can think about how the customer interacts with them.
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) companies have been taking advantage of new technologies in order to target a very small niche of customers that was impossible to reach just a few years ago. I laugh every time I watch TV and find myself staring at ads that have nothing to do with me and my life necessities. McDonald's, Coca-Cola and IBM were companies that served the masses, creating products that were attractive for a very large part of the population (if not all). Today companies should focus on the niches that were left out by the big advertisers of the past. This is the era of individualism, and products should reflect that.
Your store cannot be just a selling place anymore. You also need to entertain your client — see Nike, whose On Air events had customers paying substantial amounts of money to make their own customized shoes. Nike understands what kind of brand innovation its customers want; Nike's success with these events alone is a testament to this. Add excellent customer service to brand innovation, and the whole experience is not only enjoyable but unique for the customer, because through customer service you can relay brand values.
Based on my experience helping brands, this need for customer experience and interaction is growing. The experience of buying the product should be equally as fulfilling as the feel of using the product.
If businesses can provide experiences that give the customer a sense of cultural pride and achievement, customers will not only feel better about themselves, but about the brand that gives them this sense as well. And after this, given the quality of the product, it's unlikely the customer will need to come back every three months to replace their shoes; a company that makes products that require customers to do this should not be considered a company that values its customers before anything else. A good company has people coming back because there's something exciting going on that they want to take part in.
This is an opportunity. Brands need to shift production from products that last three months to products that last three or 20 years, and they need to make customers care about this through terrific experiences centered around the brand and the product, in and out of the store.
We need to make longevity as cool as look.


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Migrant Caravan: Thousands Move Into Guatemala, Hoping To Reach U.S.
By Jason Beaubien
A Honduran migrant woman carries a child on her back as they travel with other migrants by foot along a highway in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on Saturday, in hopes of reaching the U.S. border.
Guatemala security forces are attempting to block thousands of Honduran migrants from heading north towards Mexico and the U.S. border.
On Sunday, police and soldiers in riot gear confronted a caravan of migrants from Honduras on a highway near Chiquimula in southeastern Guatemala. After a tense standoff, in which police fired tear gas and attempted to beat back the migrants with batons, the surging crowd broke through a phalanx of soldiers.
Guillermo Díaz, Guatemala's top immigration official, says that since Friday 7,000-8,000 Hondurans have crossed in to Guatemala in an "irregular" manner.
"We are very concerned about this situation," Díaz says in a video on his department's Facebook page. "These people who've formed this caravan or are forming into a caravan...is a very difficult situation to manage." Guatemala has set up checkpoints on main roads leading to and from the Honduran border. However, Díaz says many of the migrants have left the main roads and are now arriving in towns in the middle of the country. Officials are very worried, he adds, because another group of roughly the same size is on its way.
"We hope this situation stops," he says. "And this flow of migrants ends."
Mexican authorities praised the Guatemalan government's forceful response to the migrants. Mexico has beefed up security on its own southern border with Guatemala in anticipation of the caravan. Mexico also sent six buses south to help transport Hondurans back to their home country. The Mexican Secretary for Foreign Affairs issued a statement calling on Honduran officials to do more to stop the "irregular flow" of citizens through the region.
But migrants in the caravan say they have little choice but to march north.
"We don't want to live in Honduras anymore," Ana Murillo told the French news agency Agence France-Presse. Standing with a group of migrants beside a busy road in southern Guatemala, she says Hondurans have been badly affected by hurricanes Eta and Iota, which slammed into the country in November. Honduras also suffers from incredibly high rates of violent crime and the pandemic has crippled the economy.
"There isn't any work. There are no opportunities," she says. A light blue cloth face mask hangs from her chin, several bags and children are at her feet. "We are leaving because we don't want to suffer further."
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Honduran migrants clash with Guatemalan soldiers in Vado Hondo, Guatemala, on Sunday.
Another migrant, Miguel Angel, tells AFP he's heading north now because he believes U.S. immigration policy will change once Joe Biden takes office as president.
"I have hope and faith in God, and in the good person that the United States has chosen," he says.
"Biden is a good person and isn't the same as the administration that's just ended."
But his chances of making it to the U.S./Mexico border are far less than they were a few years ago. In October 2020, another caravan of Hondurans dispersed before it got across Guatemala, and Guatemalan officials said they sent more than 3,000 Hondurans home from that group.
In 2019, Mexico deployed National Guard troops to its southern border to deter Central Americans from trying to cross.
Ariel Ruiz Soto, a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., says he doesn't think it's likely that many of the Hondurans in this current caravan will make it all the way to the U.S. frontier. "I suspect that if this caravan actually made it to the Guatemalan/Mexico border that there would be even the heavier presence of (Mexican) National Guard to try to detain the migrants," he says. "We saw this again in October. That caravan really stopped in Guatemala at that time. So I don't foresee them getting to the U.S./Mexico border in large numbers."
Before the pandemic, nationals from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Nicaragua were able to travel freely across each other's borders. Officials now are requiring a negative coronavirus test to cross. Some migrant advocates say this requirement is being used to block some refugees from seeking asylum abroad.
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Honduran migrants, part of a caravan heading to the United States, stand in front of a police cordon in Vado Hondo, Guatemala on Sunday.
Tom Jawetz, vice president of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, agrees with Ruiz that this current caravan is unlikely to turn into a crisis for the Biden administration during its first few weeks in office.
"In 2018, in advance of the election there were a lot people holding their breath about caravans that dissipated long before they ever came close to the United States border," Jawetz says.
Despite that, he says the incoming Biden team can't ignore immigration and the immigration policies of the outgoing Trump administration for long.
"A number of the steps that were taken by the last administration to try to deter people from coming to the country where not only illegal, but unconscionable," he says.
Humans have been migrating since prehistoric times. Migration isn't going to stop. Even if this caravan doesn't make it to the U.S. border, other migrants are already there waiting. Some other potential migrants may view the change in administration in Washington as an opportunity to try to enter.
"Even if that were the case, to what ends would you go in order to head that off?" Jawetz asks. "Would you have them violate U.S. law, international law, and prevent people from requesting asylum at the border? Would you have them take their children away in order to send fear into the hearts of families throughout the region?"
Soon after he takes office, Biden is going to have to face the big questions around what Jawetz calls the U.S.'s "broken" immigration system.
Jason Beaubien
Jason Beaubien is NPR's Global Health and Development Correspondent on the Science Desk.
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We had fun getting excited for the Olympics by leading the town in "Painting the Town Red" in doing up our office Canadian Style… Canmore is a buzz with 20 of the athletes competing in the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics coming from Canmore. Canmore was front and centre during the February 10th & 11th weekend with Rogers Hometown Hockey and it was a tremendous success. Canmore was in the spotlight again with great comments about this amazing town surrounded by some of the best mountain views in the world and full of amazing residents both full and part time. Come on out and enjoy all of the snow in Canmore and cheer on all of Canada's Olympians.


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"The thing that pisses me off most about London is that there is a man in my garden with a camera and there's nothing I can do about it and the remarkable thing is…they never get parking tickets."
It was a candid and passionate Jude Law sitting before me today. It is fair to say that he has officially broken through the glass ceiling and made it into the Hollywood elite. He is one of the most sought after actors in the world today and, yet, this Jude Law was coming across as an easily identifiable North London guy, not at all what I was expecting.
In his latest film, Breaking and Entering, Jude plays Will, who runs a flourishing landscape architectural firm with his friend Sandy. The film tells the story of a series of criminal and emotional thefts, set against the backdrop of London's changing culture and geography. Will's state-of-the-art studio office repeatedly attracts the attention of a local gang of thieves and, after another break in, he chases one of the young gang members home to the apartment he shares with his mother Amira, a Bosnian refugee. Despite having a long-term girlfriend with a troubled 13-year old daughter, Will befriends Amira to further investigate the burglary but their relationship takes an unexpected turn. With his life in already in crisis, Will embarks on a passionate journey into the wilder side of both himself and the city.
Jude Law was raised in London and the setting is a huge part of the film and despite making the majority of his films being made outside of the UK, he still feels very much at home. "I think it's hard not to in London, any part of London," says Jude "funnily enough the estate that we filmed for Amira's home is a street over from where I live so I walked to work that day. So, "loveyland" wasn't so far away from reality as you may think. I think that one of the wonders of London is that everyone rubs shoulders with everyone else…we're rubbing up against each other on streets where we shop, where we eat and I think that's what makes it such an exciting place. I don't feel cocooned particularly though, perhaps if I'm chased I might do."
Much more than the setting, the film's title has been has been much too close to home for Jude in recent days. "Funnily enough," he reveals "the mother of my kids was burgled yesterday evening while they were in the house".
And so we come to the topic of break-ins. In the film, Jude handles the crime in a very unorthodox way. How would he handle it in real-life? "I think that one of the themes of this film that is most challenging but also the most heartening is the idea of forgiveness," Jude tells me "and I would like to think that I am big enough to forgive and be part of a positive program to help somebody who is obviously in a situation where they feel they have to steal to provide for something whether it is an addiction or money. However, I also know myself as a bit of a reactionist so…" At this point Jude pauses, collecting his thoughts "Each situation is different…" he continues "I was particularly worried about this because my kids were in the house and I think that's a different kind of burglar to one who breaks into an empty office and takes computers at night. Like Will, as you can see, I'm a sort of wishy-washy middle-class Londoner and don't quite know where i stand on anything. So I'm at one with my character."
Breaking and Entering reunites Law with director Anthony Minghella for their third outing together after The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain. So what is like working with Mr. Minghella yet again? "Well it certainly hasn't got tougher," says Jude "and I think what's involved is a friendship first and foremost and therefore a sense of trust and understanding of each other and so if there's a shorthand then its simply because we act, as one does with friends, one knows when someone gets it or it certainly doesn't have to be re-iterated. Having said that, you know, the themes of this film are very interesting and very pertinent and relevant to everyone's life, certainly to people living in and around London. So, there is an awful lot to talk about just because it's very interesting, meaty stuff. Having said that, I think we remembered afterwards that we actually never sat down and discussed Will! I think we talked about the situations, we talked about the architectural practice an awful lot but we never discussed him and I think that was because, once Anthony had decided that I would play him and once I was asked to play him, it was sort of known…it just didn't need to be discussed. So, our shorthand is silence."
Now firmly established in Hollywood and with Anthony Minghella being a talented writer it is inevitable that one day we will see Jude on the London stage "I hope to be able to do a play. I just haven't read one that I wanted to do" says Law.
With the interview approaching its end, we move onto the topic of the media and returning to his opening statement about paparazzi in his garden. So does this constant attention make the enjoyment of his professional life suffer?
"Luckily, just about the only thing it doesn't affect is my professional life," says Jude "and so very often work is a safe haven and a place where it doesn't really have any effect. To be honest…if it did have an effect…I would probably…" Jude pauses, taking into consideration the ramifications of what he is about to say. "…erm…I don't know…" he looks down and laughs to himself then pauses for a longer period of time, "…go live in the Isle of Wight."
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From the subtropical north of New Zealand comes a bespoke performance vessel. Honed on the gulfs and bays of New Zealand's North Island, Phil and Jonathan Edgar, and the team of experts they've brought together, have an innate understanding of the ocean and the tools a vessel needs to conquer it.
Phil has a lifetime of quality boat-builds to his name, including having built racing yachts and launches, as well as game-changing vessels. He broke records for the fastest diesel cruiser in the southern hemisphere with his build; Pzazzz and after a move to the coast, had time to sit with Jonathan and craft plans for a ground-breaking tender company.
From his base in Europe, Jonathan has achieved success in his long-term role as a superyacht captain. Seeing a gap in the industry for tenders and RIBS which perform to an exceptionally high standard, while delivering an impeccable guest experience, and functionality for the crew, he was pleased to join with Phil in designing a new standard of vessel. His time in the superyacht industry has informed the philosophy behind JP RIBS - bespoke, high-quality, custom craft, finished to an exceptionally high standard.
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Q: How to show pylint message codes/ids in PyCharm Problems view and get quick fix? I get some pylint warnings in the Problems view of PyCharm Community Edition:

a) How can I tell PyCharm to include the corresponding message code/id in the Problems View, so that I am able to manually suppress the warning without manually searching the corresponding message code/id?
b) How can I teach PyCharm to provide a quick fix for suppressing the warning with a line comment?
For example
"PyLint: Too many local variables"
=>
# pylint: disable=too-many-locals
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List of pylint human readable message ids?
How to show pylint message codes in VScode?
How do I automatically fix lint issues reported by pylint?
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Also see related issue ticket of PyCharm Pylint Plugin:
https://github.com/leinardi/pylint-pycharm/issues/92

A: While the standard Problems view does not show the message ids, the extra Pylint view does (after running a scan):

Unfortunately, quick fixes are not provided by that view.

A: The answer to

b) How can I teach PyCharm to provide a quick fix for suppressing the warning with a line comment?

Is sadly: Go back and wait at https://github.com/leinardi/pylint-pycharm/issues/92 (or someone starts implementing it . and, btw, upstream actually accepts that OR someone goes ahead and creates a yet-another new plugin)

A: There do not seem be alternative PyLint Plugins for PyCharm. Unfortunately, for VsCodium (Visual Studio Code without tracking) the situation seems to be similar.
Well, there is the extension ms-python and it supports many linting tools for Python (Strg+Shift+P: Python: Select linter).
For PyLint it shows the message ids in the VsCodium PROBLEMS view.

If the language server would be set to Pylance, Quick fixes for PyLint would be available, too.
Unfortunately, the language server Pylance does not support VSCodium:
https://github.com/microsoft/pylance-release/issues/791
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I've been using Frederic Fekkai products on and off for over 10 years. I first tried them when they were the amenity of choice in a hotel I was staying in. I fell in love with the Technician Range and the Shea Butter Body products on the spot.
Fekkai have enjoyed huge success since those days and the selling of the company to P&G in early 2008 saw the expected influx of cash to the range – and meant that the brand could branch out and offer amongst other things, supersizes of the products – which predictably I am slightly addicted to.
Although the body products are STILL NOT AVAILABLE in the UK (WHY??) except through dodgy grey market sites that I wouldn't touch with a barge pole – these are – and they rock.
The Essential Shea range is the one I've been using lately – it's perfect for this weather that can never seem to make its mind up and hair that behaves the same way. It's also the only way I can get a hit of the gorgeous smell in the absence of the body products.
The Brilliant Glossing Cream just works for me. No matter what I attempt to do to my hair. It smooths frizz when I wear it down, defines curl, sleeks the straightened hair and is THE product for any kind of up-do or bun – which I tend to rely on a little too often to get me through a day full of meetings. A little goes a really long way, do be careful not to be too heavy handed.
I am always trying other products and it's not the only thing I use – but it's consistent.
Fekkai is available pretty much everywhere from ASOS to onliners to SpaceNK.
Go and have a play. Tis lovely.


17-year-old Georgia high school senior Jay Thomas had to write a sonnet for a British Literature class assignment. The subject of the sonnet was up to Jay, so being a red-blooded Jeep enthusiast, he wrote about the first thing that came to mind: his 1982 Grand Wagoneer Limited. Thank you for sharing it with us, Jay. We hope you received an "A" on this assignment!
And spend more money than I can recall.
Two blown transmissions was my destination.
Due to the ideas churning.
Yes! The Wagoneer will return!
But, I'm having to sit here and write this sonnet.
Ashley Carey from Upstate New York sent in her Jeep Renegade. Ashley uses it as her daily driver and hits as many trails as she can. Some of the modifications include a Daystar 1.5-inch lift and rock sliders, 235/65-17 Atturo Trailblade XT tires, Avid Essentials front and rear bumpers, desert snorkel, front skidplate, and Xprite Halos and rock lights.
Dracut, Massachusetts, is home to Brett Brownell and his 2005 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon. Brett tells us he has been a dedicated reader of Jp for many years. His Rubicon was purchased stock and initially got a 4.5-inch Rubicon Express lift, Tom Wood's driveshafts, and 35-inch Goodyear MT/R tires. He has changed some things over the years, replacing most of the above components with Clayton, Currie, and JKS products. His Jeep now sports Currie RockJock 44 axles, OX Lockers and 4.88 gears, and BFG KM3 tires. He runs an Airaid air intake and Banks exhaust.
Affectionately known as "Blue Papa Smurf," this 1979 Jeep Renegade CJ-5 belongs to Chip White of Star Valley, Wyoming. It sits on a 4-inch lift and has lockers front and rear. With only 42,000 miles on the good old 304 V-8, Chip tells us it is rust-free, but not dent-free. Chip has had eight Jeeps in his lifetime and is part of a big Jeep family; his three children have Jeeps as well—a JK, JL, and CJ-5.
We love to hear Jeep rescue stories, and Tim Ryan from Logan, Utah, shared his with us. He found his 1967 Commando sitting in a field. It had been there for close to 15 years. He struck a deal and brought it home in early December 2017. Fast-forward 10 months and Tim had it running like a champ. He put it to the test with a 700-mile desert trip across Utah on the Novak Conversions War Hero to Trail Hero run. He has plans to start a major build/rebuild on it soon. We can't wait to see it on the trails!
Jean Wibbens from Virginia sent in her 1998 Jeep Cherokee Sport. She said when her husband retired in 2017, they decided that the RV or beach house life wasn't the direction they wanted to go, so they decided to strip and rebuild her beloved XJ instead of retiring it too. Now it's rejuvenated with a Rubicon Express 5.5-inch long-arm kit, E-Lockers and 4.10 gears front and rear; an ARB onboard air system; a Warn 9000-pound winch; and new wheels and tires. They are ready to take retirement to the next level.
Kyle Buchter of Paxinos, Pennsylvania, submitted his awesome 1961 FC170. It has the original drivetrain, a Hurricane 226 six-cylinder flathead engine, T90 transmission, and a Spicer 18 transfer case with a Spicer PTO for the custom dump flatbed. The front axle is a closed-knuckle 44, and the rear is a Dana 53. It spent part of its former life as a graveyard maintenance vehicle.


Quiz: Which Cal Band song best represents you?
While Telegraph Avenue might suffice for the hungry college student in dire need of a quick bite, chances are your parents won't be as eager to munch on popcorn chicken and slices of pizza on their visit to Berkeley. Here are five Berkeley restaurant to impress your parents' palates and prove to them that you've been eating well since you left the nest.
If you're an early bird or your parents just so happen to be, head to Maîson Bleue on Kittredge Street for great breakfast and brunch options to start the day on the right note. There is plenty of outdoor seating available for you to bask in the autumn sun — before the wintertime settles in — while you enjoy delicious crepes and refreshing drinks.
Situated in Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto is Kamado Sushi, which offers a variety of dishes, from udon to tempura. But easily the star of the restaurant is its nigiri sushi. Nigiri typically comes with two pieces of sushi, which is great for when your mom or dad is in town and you're in need of a sushi partner. The restaurant has tons of nigiri to choose from, with fish that is both fresh and imported from around the world.
If you've ever strolled down Shattuck on a Sunday, you've inevitably encountered the crowds of people lining up outside La Note. Although it's a good idea to book a reservation in advance, even if you find yourself having to wait, the taste of the food will make it all worthwhile. With mouthwatering tartines and fluffy French toast, there's a little bit of savory and sweet scattered throughout the menu for everyone to leave happy.
Located in West Berkeley near the marina, La Marcha may not ring bells to students here, but the Spanish food is worth the brief car ride. With a bevy of flavorful appetizers to pick from, such as black squid-ink aioli and mushroom croquettes, you'll have your parents feeling no less than satisfied. There are also several choices of paella to choose from if you're seeking something a little more hearty and filling.
Although a regular-sized milk tea drink with boba may register as an acceptable meal for UC Berkeley students, it's time to pull out all the stops for your folks and treat them to an array of scrumptious meals as a token of your appreciation.
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The Globe Theatre in London was Shakespeare's theater. One local drama teacher will get to stand on that very stage and participate in a coveted fellowship program this summer.
Mendoza won a full-tuition scholarship to the Globe Theatre's "Teaching Shakespeare" program in this, Shakespeare's 400th year.
"The fact that I get to stand on the Globe stage and act is awesome," Covington High talented theater teacher Gary Mendoza said.
Mendoza will head to London for the program this summer thanks in part to the English Speaking Union of the United States [ESUUS], which provided the New Orleans chapter scholarship. The ESU is a non-profit, non-political organization that celebrates English as a shared language to foster understanding and goodwill. It sponsors the National Shakespeare Competition.
"Gary Mendoza has been one of the area high school teachers that has mentored students to compete in the annual Shakespeare Competition for several years. His student Camille Albarez was the area [winner, a national] semi-finalist," ESUUS chapter president David Grissett said.
The semi-finalists travel to the Lincoln Theater in New York for the national competition.
"For his consistent work and leadership with his students in the area of Shakespeare studies, our Branch Board awarded Gary Mendoza the BUSS [British University Summer Scholars] fellowship for summer 2016 to the Globe Theatre," Grissett said.
Mendoza has coached Covington High students for the Shakespeare competition since 2009. Three of his student were New Orleans area winners in 2009, 2012 and 2015. He attends Shakespeare workshops and weekend intensive Shakespeare sessions.
Obtaining the fellowship was only part of the process. The Globe Education Department makes the admissions decisions.
Only 25 English or theater teachers across the U.S. are admitted to the program each summer. Although Mendoza had the scholarship if he was selected to attended, admission was not a given.
The Globe admissions process took a number of months.
Mendoza obtained letters of recommendation from a variety of people, submitted a resume, made a personal artistic statement of why he wishes to attend the program and he also submitted a statement of how he plans to transmit the Globe's teaching methodology to his students and colleagues. His four-page single-spaced resume listed plays back to 1995 in which he acted, directed, ran tech, designed lighting and sound and taught stage combat.
Among his many acting roles, Mendoza performed the stunt roles of Batman, Bruce Wayne and Joker at Six Flags New Orleans' production of Batman Thrill Spectacular.
Mendoza had to not only tell, but also show The Globe that he is a teacher who will share the Globe's methodology, an active and practical approach to teaching Shakespeare.
Mendoza, who compiled and directed a Shakespearean student montage for the National Association of Gifted Children Annual Conference, is perfect for the Globe.
The Globe Theatre education department methodology is active and hands on.
The 25 selected teachers attend some lectures and classes in the language of Shakespeare in the manner of a usual school, but where is where the similarity ends.
The learning experience accelerates to small and ensemble scene rehearsal, voice and movement classes, Shakespearian costume classes, historical dance, field trips to locations and exhibits relevant to the plays, attending professional film and live performances of the plays, question and answer sessions with the performers, performance of the plays by the teachers on the Globe Stage.
The three-week program studies Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mendoza will be directing those plays at Covington High next year.
An Army veteran, Mendoza holds a B.A. in Communications with a Concentration in Theater from Southeastern Louisiana University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of New Orleans. He was Teacher of the Year for Covington High 2012-13. He is married, a father, and a diehard Saints fan.


JobDiva has streamlined the communications intrinsic to recruiting. Speed up your workflow with pre-formatted emails, data sheets for candidates, and a standardized process for collecting employment references.
Customize standard templates for recruiters and salespeople to use in email merges as they reach out to candidates and contacts.
Utilize Rich Text features for email templates. You can also set certain fields, such as names or date, to automatically populate the email.
Templates can also be prepared for emails associated with the activities of a recruiting workflow, such as submittals and interviews. For example, send a standard email to candidates affirming that they've been submitted for a position, and set the system to automatically import that candidate's name and the job description into the email.
Define an attribute list to appear on the Candidate screen. This can be used as a guide for recruiters to use while screening candidates. Add items such as: Reason For Leaving Last Job, Prior Salary, Openness to Travel, etc. As a recruiter speaks to a candidate, they can fill out the data sheet then save the edited copy to that candidate's record.
Each candidate page contains a record of all references your company has collected for that candidate. JobDiva allows you to set a list of standard questions to be included in that record so that recruiters know what questions to ask. The screen leaves space for answers to be saved as well. This provides a valuable, durable record, which other recruiters and managers can draw upon whenever considering that candidate.


Several cannabis dispensaries have been issued licenses to serve both medical patients and recreational customers. While this is certainly an advantage, there are major differences that every budtender should know when serving each. Not only are medical patients seeking relief to specific symptoms, but there are varying compliance regulations for medical marijuana patients as opposed to recreational customers.
In this article, we'll discuss a few operational protocols that all dispensary staff should be aware of when serving medical marijuana patients.
When dealing with medical marijuana patients at dispensary check-in, the receptionist will need to validate that they are at least 18 years old and upload either their medical recommendation or state medical card. A medical recommendation can be acquired by through a doctor or an online service, whereas a state medical card is only obtained through your state's public health department.
Once the required documents are added to the patient's profile, it's vital that the receptionist verify the recommendation and select the appropriate patient type. This can easily be done using an advanced dispensary point of sale software. Assigning the patient type will ensure that the correct tax rate will be applied during the transaction.
One of the major distinctions between medical marijuana patients and recreational customers is the amount of cannabis sales tax that is added to each purchase. Medical marijuana patients that have obtained a state approved medical marijuana card are exempt from both state and local sales tax on all cannabis products. Patients with only a doctor's medical recommendation will be charged the state sales tax but not the local taxes.
If there are non-cannabis products being purchased alongside cannabis products the sales tax will need to be charged to all medical patients on the non-cannabis products. Recreational customers will be charged the full percentage of sales tax. If this sounds confusing, it's because it is, but luckily budtenders won't be stuck trying to figure out the correct tax rate if they're processing sales using intelligent cannabis software.
Another difference that dispensary staff will need to be aware of when serving medical marijuana patients as opposed to recreational customers it the purchase limits. In California, recreational cannabis customers are legally allowed to purchase up to one ounce (28.5g) of flower, 8 grams of concentrate and 6 immature plants during a 24 hour period. Any time these limits are exceeded, the dispensary budtenders are instantly notified by the POS system so they can adjust the quantity to maintain compliance.
Medical marijuana patients are allowed to purchase significantly more cannabis with limit topping out at eight ounces of flower. Under the recently released marijuana regulations, dispensaries are also allowed to offer gifts or product giveaways to medical patients under certain circumstances. This is largely due to the number of low-income patients and veterans that benefit from medical cannabis.
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Fire safety is a component of building safety. It concerns safety measures to prevent the effects of fires and is the result of proper use of fire protection measures. Fire accidents may cause at any time regardless of place either office, home or at public places, everyone should be aware of using safety equipment at time of fire accidents.
Fire extinguisher and fire alarms helps a lot during fire accidents. Fire accidents can be detailed as residential, non-residential.
In 2002 alone, lighted tobacco products caused an estimated 14,450 residential fires, 520 civilian deaths, 1,330 injuries, and $371 million in residential property damage according to a new USFA topical fire research series report.
The following table shows the number of fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss that occurred in residential properties from 1995 to 2004.
The following table shows the number of fires, deaths, injuries and dollar loss that occurred in non-residential properties from 1995 to 2004.
There were an estimated 156,500 kitchen fires in 2002, yielding 331 fatalities, 4,914 injuries, and $876 million in property loss. H On average, kitchen fires caused less property loss and were less fatal than structure fires in general, but resulted in more injuries.
Cooking caused nearly 90% of all kitchen fires. The primary factor in the ignition of these fires was unattended equipment, and the leading type of material first ignited was oil, fat, or grease.
The majority of children ages 4 and under who are hospitalized for burn-related injuries suffers from scald burns (65 percent) or contact burns (20 percent).
Fireworks-related injuries sent more than 3,800 children to hospital emergency rooms in 1997.
Fires kill more than 600 children ages 14 and under each year and injure approximately 47,000 other children.
Each year, more than $15 million in damages results from Christmas tree fires. With Tree Shield fire retardant, you can protect your family and your belonging by simply applying the clear and odorless spray to your tree.
In industrial environments where we have high risk of fire accidents fire escape masks help employees protect themselves from fire (these masks also consists of heat resistant hood to protect from heat).
Fire safety equipment is also used by sheriffs, police and fire departments In the event of an emergency your best bet is to have fire safety equipment on hand to prevent yourself from fire casualties. Your safety comes first.


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Q: Partition offset After cleaning my hard disk, I created some new partitions using DiskPart, but there is a parameter called "Offset". I have read about it on internet , but there is a little information available about it, and I wasn't able to understand what it actually means and what's used for.
I created a 4th partition of size 105 GB, but it is showing an offset of  127 GB, is it okay ?
I have attached a photo of DiskPart showing offset size

A: The offset is where your new partition starts from.
How 127 GB was calculated?
Notice the offset of each partition is the sum of: the size of the precedent partition and the last offset. (The first partition starts at 1024KB = 1MB).
The first offset is 1024KB (1MB).

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*The first partition has a size of 100MB. The second partition's offset is 101MB (100MB + 1MB).

*The second partition's size is 29GB. The offset for the 3rd partition is 29GB + 101MB which is still 29GB (29.1 GB actually)

*The 3rd partition's size is 97GB. The next (4th) partition will have an offset of 29.1GB + 97GB = ~127GB

*The next partition, if you decide to create a new one, will start from 127GB + 105GB = 232 GB


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Dr John Emsley launches first autumn Public Evening Lecture
Chemistry is an essential part of everyday living, although there are those who regard the products of the chemical, agrochemical and pharmaceutical industries as things to be avoided. They advocate a future in which all is 'natural' and 'organic' but this might eventually take us back to the past, and a past in which lives were blighted by hunger, disease, dirt, and ignorance.
Of course, the current route to the future, with its reliance on fossil resources, is also a dead end, one that will be blighted by shortages and climate change. But there is a third way, and that relies on sustainable resources managed by chemists and this could ensure that the benefits we enjoy today can be enjoyed by our grandchildren in this century, and their grandchildren in the next.
The first of our autumn series of free Public Evening Lectures, 2050: Sustainable UK? will look at the things we regard as essential to a civilised lifestyle: a secure food supply, clean drinking water, a family car and the fuel to run it, healing drugs, a comfortable home - and even sports equipment. All will be put at risk in a world where the population threatens to exceed 9 billion by 2050, unless we can produce what we need sustainably.
Dr John Emsley argues not only that we can do this, but that we can almost do it on this overcrowded island - provided we invest in chemistry and its associated industries. It is possible to produce the food, fuels, and plastics we need from sustainable biomass and recycling, and we can also ensure our drinking water remains abundant and wholesome. Here is a chance for the UK to show the world that sustainability through chemistry is possible.
Even so, there are some serious challenges we will need to tackle. How can we make cities energy efficient? And what about the elephant in the room?
Dr Emsley has had a love affair with chemistry since he was a boy, practicing experiments with bangs and flashes. He specialised in inorganic chemistry, with a PhD from Manchester University. His academic career, specialising in non-metal inorganic chemistry and hydrogen bonding, spanned 25 years, during which he published over 100 papers. He earned the title of Doctor of Science from London University.
He started a second career as a writer in the 1970s, which started with two textbooks and a collaboration with New Scientist magazine. Dr Emsley has also collaborated with The Independent and the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre. He has been Science Writer in Residence at Imperial College and Cambridge University. His writing has earned him nine prestigious awards, including SCI's first Science Communication Award. He is the author of twelve popular science books, including A Healthy, Wealthy, Sustainable World and Nature's Building Blocks.
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The Fashion Institute of Technology has been named in 5 recent rankings as one particular of the ideal colleges of its sort in the planet. The museum is an integral component of the Fashion Institute of Technology (Fit), a selective college of art and style, business and technologies that educates a lot more than 10,000 students annually. At Fashion Institute of Technology, the admission office considers three out of 5 academic-related admission criteria from potential students. Tuition is what an institution charges for the academic instruction they supply for students. The fashion business can be a scary location, and we want McReynolds the ideal of luck.
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T and ∆T pumping when it comes to wood-gasification boilers
One application that leverages both control capabilities.
John Siegenthaler, P.E.
KEYWORDS boilers / high-efficiency boilers / hydronic heat
The market for wood-gasification boilers is growing in North America. Most are used in rural areas where natural gas in not available, and thus the cost of firewood is often very competitive against the alternatives of No. 2 fuel oil or propane.
In my area of Upstate New York, fuel oil is currently selling for about $3.80 per gal. and propane at about $2.80 per gal. Firewood is available in the range of $65 per face cord. If one assumes a conversion efficiency of 85% on oil, 93% on propane (via a mod/con boiler) and 80% on firewood (burned in a wood-gasification boiler), the unit cost of these fuels is as follows:
No. 2 oil: $31.92/MMBtu
Propane: $33.28/MMBtu
Firewood: $12.11/MMBtu
From the standpoint of fuel cost, it's not hard to see why the demand for wood-gasification boilers is growing.
Wood heating done right
When properly applied, wood-gasification boilers allow dry firewood to be converted into thermal energy at efficiencies far higher than those of nongasification-type wood-burning devices. These boilers also can be matched up with the latest hydronics hardware such as radiant panels, high-efficiency circulators and even mod/con boilers (in cases where fully automatic heat delivery is required if the wood-fired boiler is not operating).
One critical detail that must be addressed with any wood-gasification boiler is protection against sustained flue gas condensation. The situation is very similar to the boiler protection issues we've discussed in many past columns. It can be summarized as follows: If the water temperature entering the boiler allows the fire side of the boiler's heat exchanger to drop below the dewpoint of the exhaust gases, some of those gases will condense into an acidic liquid that is very corrosive to materials such as steel or cast iron.
In the case of wood-fired boilers, the condensate also leads to formation of creosote within the boiler, the vent connector and chimney. Think of creosote as solid fuel. If it's exposed to a suitably high temperature, creosote will combust. The resulting heat can quickly destroy a steel or masonry chimney and possibly the building with it.
You can provide boiler protection in several ways. The most common approach uses a loading unit, as shown in Figure 1 above.
The loading unit combines a high flow-capacity, three-way thermostatic mixing valve, circulator and flapper check valve. When the boiler is warming up, the three-way thermostatic valve routes all flow through the bypass and back to the boiler inlet. This allows the boiler to warm up quickly, since no heat is being released to the load. When the water exiting the loading unit reaches a minimum set temperature, such as 130° F, the valve modulates to allow some hot water flow to the thermal storage tank.
When the water temperature leaving the valve is several degrees above the minimum temperature setting, all water leaving the boiler goes to the storage tank. Thus, the loading unit acts as a "thermal clutch" between the boiler and tank, smoothly increasing or decreasing the rate of heat transfer as necessary to keep the boiler inlet at an appropriate temperature. The loading unit also is internally configured so that it allows thermosiphon flow between the boiler and thermal storage tank during a power outage. Thus, no external heat dump is required when the system is piped as shown in Figure 1.
Alternate approach
Another method of boiler protection uses a variable-speed circulator as the thermal clutch between the boiler and a high thermal mass load, such as a thermal storage tank. The water temperature entering the boiler is sensed and the electronics controlling the circulator slow it, as necessary, so that the rate of heat transfer to the load doesn't exceed the rate at which heat is being produced in the boiler.
This concept has been used for years in the form of variable-speed injection mixing pumps between conventional gas- or oil-fired boilers, and lower temperature/high thermal mass loads such as radiant floor slabs. Figure 2 (above) shows how it can be used to protect a wood-gasification boiler.
In this system, circulator (P1) operates at a fixed speed whenever the wood-gasification boiler is being fired. The circulator would be sized to provide a nominal 20° to 25° temperature drop across the boiler when it's operating at maximum output. If the boiler has relatively low flow resistance (which is typical of most wood-gasification boilers) and the piping loop is short, there isn't much head loss in the boiler loop. Thus, circulator (P1) could likely be relatively small.
Circulator (P2) is a variable-speed circulator that monitors the temperature at sensor (T1), installed at the boiler inlet. This circulator operates at a very low speed until the boiler's inlet temperature rises to where flue gas condensate will not continue to form. For dry firewood and a typical air/fuel ratio, this temperature is about 130° F.
Once the boiler's inlet temperature rises above this "dewpoint" temperature, circulator (P2) speeds up and starts transferring heat from the boiler loop to the thermal storage tank. When (if ?) the temperature at sensor (T1) reaches 5° above the minimum boiler inlet temperature, circulator (P2) would be operating at full speed. As the temperature at sensor (T1) drops back toward the dewpoint, circulator (P2) slows as necessary to prevent condensation in the boiler. Thus, boiler protection always remains in effect.
Another important consideration in the piping design is to allow natural convection between the boiler and thermal storage tank to remove residual heat from the boiler if a power failure occurs while it's firing. The piping shown in Figure 1 will allow this to occur.
However, it's crucial that the check valve shown near the upper left connection on the storage tank is a swing check, rather than a spring-loaded or weighted-plug flow check. The forward opening resistance of a swing check is very low and compatible with natural convective flows. That's not the case with either spring-loaded or weighted-plug flow checks.
Upping the offering
The schematic in Figure 2 keeps the same piping as Figure 1. However, it adds differential temperature control between a temperature sensor in the upper portion of the storage tank and the outlet of the wood-gasification boiler as the means of turning on fixed-speed circulator (P1), as well as supplying power for variable-speed circulator (P2).
The differential temperature controller determines when the boiler is a fixed number of degrees above the temperature in the upper portion of the storage tank and, in effect, enables the heat transfer process, including boiler protection. It's essentially the same control action used to start and stop operation of a solar thermal system. Just think of the boiler as the heat source rather than a solar collector. Adding this control functionality eliminates the need for some to manually turn the boiler circulator on and off.
The schematic in Figure 3 (above) uses the same logic as the system in Figure 2 but adds speed control to circulator (P1). The ∆T logic controlling circulator (P1) would modulate its speed to maintain a user-set temperature difference between the outlet and inlet of the boiler. The objective is to reduce power demand to circulator (P1) when the boiler output is reduced and thus reduce overall electrical energy use, as shown in Figure 4 above.
There you have it — modern variable-speed circulators matched with state-of-the-art solid fuel boilers. This combination is highly scaleable to larger systems using larger circulators controlled by variable-frequency drives. It's also applicable to pellet-fired boilers, which require protection against sustained flue gas condensation. Keep these details in mind if you have a solid-fuel boiler project coming up.
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In ancient times, before computers, kids found out what other kids were like by talking to them at school or hanging around in playgrounds. Now a space-age dimension has been added to such information gathering, as a group of 6th-graders at the Aldrin School in Schaumburg found out recently when they plugged into the National Geographic Kids Network.
''It`s fun,'' noted Schaumburg`s Vince Ingaloinera, 11. ''You get to write everything on the computer, and we get mail from other schools.'' Yet, as Chris Haack, 12, added, the program also includes some serious science, in this case, an attempt to collect national data on the lead content in school water, a matter of increasing concern to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. ''You learn a lot,'' said Michelle Wolf, 12.
Headquarters for the network is an old house about six blocks east of Harvard Square in Cambridge, Mass., home of an inventive think tank called Technical Education Research Centers Inc. It was set up in 1965 by a group of physicists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who feared that America`s schools, lagging in training materials, were failing to develop enough support technicians for the nation`s scientists.
That led, among other ventures, to the National Geographic Kids Network. Backed by grants of $2.5 million each from the National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society and using donated computers from Apple Computer, Inc., the project, which now has a staff of 40, has run half a dozen test programs on such topics as acid rain, weather patterns and land use. Once its software is perfected and published, the network hopes to expand to perhaps 10,000 schools in the U.S. and Canada.
''We handle topics the same way a professional society does, through posting, electronic mail, report writing and peer review,'' director Tinker said in an interview. For students, this means less reading from books and more emphasis on collecting data and making sense of it. It also led, during data-gathering exercises, to some tricky distinctions.
During a survey of pet populations, for example, students wondered whether an ant farm qualified as a pet. Others, living in cities, wondered whether country kids could count an animal as a pet if later it was to be killed and eaten. During a survey of family sizes, students wondered who exactly was a family member. For example, Dad`s new girlfriend?
Later, several groups revised their statistics after finding errors, as many scientists do. One unit, off by several gerbils, later explained that two family members were in the same class and their pets had been counted twice. Others, pinned down by suspicious peers, admitted they had lied and fantasized about pets they didn`t have.
''It`s important to learn the structure of the scientific world, as well as the need for honesty and ethics,'' Tinker said.
The pet count-which turned up 5,288 fishes, 1,965 dogs, 1,819 cats, 665 insects, 592 birds, 484 chickens, 481 rabbits, 305 horses, 274 hamsters, 170 snails, plus turkeys, lobsters, deer and several leeches among 2,432 kids reporting-was part of the first network program, an introductory exercise called ''Hello,'' during which the on-line schools were divided into about 20 clusters of about a dozen schools.
Besides compiling graphs on pet populations in various parts of the country and finding out how this might be useful for, say, a pet-store owner wondering what feed to stock, each unit got to send a letter to other cluster units providing information about themselves and asking questions.
One Southern school, intrigued with life along the Arctic Cirle, asked a school in Alaska, ''What do you eat?'' The answer: ''Whale meat, along with Fritos and Coca-Cola from the grocery store.'' Kids in New England were unsettled by the news that many West Virginia children did chores after school, such as chopping wood for an hour. ''Don`t let Mom and Dad find out about this,'' mumbled one small Bostonian.
Last fall, attention turned to weather. Using thermometers and compasses, Kids Network units collected temperatures and wind directions for six weeks. Fed into computers, the data was converted into maps to explore connections between wind and temperature.
These days Kids Network schools, including Aldrin, are focusing on school drinking water. For the 31 members of the Aldrin unit, the project began by lining up Styrofoam cups and learning how to test pH levels of such liquids as vinegar, milk, Sprite, water and soapy water. Later, students asked officials about the school plumbing system and how water reaches it. Kids in apartments interviewed custodians on building water systems. Others were assigned to report on how meters measure consumption.


Strange Flavour's newest iOS game appears in the App Store today. Any Landing puts you in the pilot's seat of an airplane that's doomed on its approach - your goal is to keep it in the air for as long as possible before you crash land, picking up bonuses along the way.
Many of us detest in-app purchases, because unchecked, they can lead to abuse - too often, developers employ "pay to win" systems that encourage players to spend an endless amount of money to get ahead. Players end up spending exorbitant amounts of money in order to succeed, but because they're microtransactions, they're easy to ignore - until you get your credit card bill at the end of the month and realize you've spent a ridiculous amount.
Strange Flavour doesn't like that either, so they've developed a different in-app purchase mechanic called "Play Nice." Players can still pay to get ahead in the game by spending 99 cents on "Wing Packs." But each purchase you make counts towards a maximum lifetime cap for the game. You'll never spend more than $9.99 in total, the cost of Any Landing's "All You Can Fly" pack.
Other features include Game Center support, support for MFi game controllers like the MOGA Ace Power Controller, SteelSeries Stratus and Logitech PowerShell, 32 levels over four routes, eight different aircraft and more.


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Q: Problem with QGIS Network Analyst (Basic) I'm going through the QGIS training, Lesson: Network Analysis, and I've encountered a problem with Network Analyst. When I open the Shortest Path (Pt to Pt) tool, I can set the Vector layer representing network and Path type to calculate, but when I click on the "..." to set the Start or End Points, nothing happens.
I've searched on this site and Googled around and haven't found anything. I've tried it in both 3.10 and 3.8 and the problem exists in both.

A: I didn't realize that you needed to click in the text box, then click the corresponding points on the map itself. Thought you had to select points via the "..." button, the way you can select the "Vector layer representing network input" on this dialogue.